Caballeros de Dimas-Alang Meeting at the Watsonville Veterans' Hall

Meeting of the Caballeros de Dimas Alang with 36 members at the Watsonville Veterans Hall. From left to right, the eighth man in the front row is Mamerto "Max" Sulay. In the back row, the third man is Gene Roberonta, sixth is Leo Silga, and twelfth is Monico Maralas. The other members are unknown.

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For more information on the Caballeros de Dimas-Alang:

Mabalon, Dawn Bohulano. “Building a Filipina/o American Movement in Stockton.” Little Manila Is in the Heart, Duke University Press, 2020, pp. 299–334

Shimizu, Celine Parreñas, Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, Rick Baldoz, Leatrice M. Bantillo Perez, Dorothy Laigo Cordova, Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, Jean Vengua, and Theodore S. Gonzalves. 2021. The Celine Archive. New York, N.Y: Women Make Movies.
https://celinearchive.wordpress.com/

Tim Watts. “Filipino American Associations.” Asian American History and Culture, 2013, pp. 257–59.

8.5 x 11 inches

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SUL.2021.57 and SUL.2021.90

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